Does anyone who has chronic sinus infections see a link to oral sex?

Okay, well you are all over the map with your theories.

I can explain some, with my own knowledge….
UTIs “from” new sexual partners? No. Women easily get UTIs when sexually active, especially if they don’t urinate after sex, and some women just with their anatomy get UTIs more often and sex can push the bad bacteria in. Condoms don’t prevent UTIs, they are not sexually transmitted but can occur from having sex…if that makes sense.
Crohn’s disease, she was relieved for a year and then started having sex and had a flare up? Crohn’s lowers the libido, also, I imagine being jiggled around when you have such a tempermental disease right be related, but sex does not cause a flare up that I know of. I have a friend with it, and she is on her second baby, she has never mentioned sex as a factor but says pregnancy is difficult.

ETA: I had chronic sinus infections in 2006, and until I saw a specialist, I was in pain. I also had to move, because turns out the apartment I was living in was infested with mold and my body was trying to tell me something by shutting down like that. Oral sex was not the culprit, my severe allergies were. I can also conclude from using the antibiotics and becoming better, I am now sinus infection free and not afraid to perform oral sex ;)

@casheroo But Chrons is currently treated with antibiotics many times. And, my own experience is I never had UTIs when I was young and had sex almost every day during the age of 16 and 17, and that was before I knew about the pee after sex thing, and I used to fall asleep after sex not peeing for hours. I later learned when I started having UTI problems to pee after, but that was with a new sex partner, but not years later that you could attribute it to hormones or just being older. Not arguing, just stating some of the things I have observed.

Also, the mold you mentioned, which is an infectious agent. I am not saying it is always from sex, I am sayng maybe it is a possibility. It’s like you throat can be sore from strep, a virus, or from yelling all day, many possible explanations. And right, not that you have sured the problem and have oral sex you know it is not from the oral sex, I agree.

@JLeslie one quick addition… In Crohn’s antibiotics are used to treat bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine caused by stricture, fistulas, or prior surgery. For this common problem, doctors (myself included) may prescribe one or more of the following antibiotics: ampicillin, sulfonamide, cephalosporin, tetracycline, or metronidazole.

In essence it’s not for the treatment of Crohn’s but rather a treatment for a common side-effect/complication.

As a specific treatment for the disease i’ve taken the liberty of making a small list of drugs commonly used today:

1) Anti-Inflammation Drugs.
Most people are first treated with drugs containing mesalamine, a substance that helps control inflammation. Sulfasalazine is the most commonly used of these drugs. Patients who do not benefit from it or who cannot tolerate it may be put on other mesalamine-containing drugs, generally known as 5-ASA agents, such as Asacol, Dipentum, or Pentasa. Possible side effects of mesalamine-containing drugs include nausea, vomiting, heartburn, diarrhea, and headache.

2) Cortisone or Steroids.
Cortisone drugs and steroids—called corticosteriods—provide very effective results. Prednisone is a common generic name of one of the drugs in this group of medications. In the beginning, when the disease it at its worst, prednisone is usually prescribed in a large dose. The dosage is then lowered once symptoms have been controlled. These drugs can cause serious side effects, including greater susceptibility to infection.

3) Immune System Suppressors.
Drugs that suppress the immune system are also used to treat Crohn’s disease. Most commonly prescribed are 6-mercaptopurine or a related drug, azathioprine. Immunosuppressive agents work by blocking the immune reaction that contributes to inflammation. These drugs may cause side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and may lower a person’s resistance to infection. When patients are treated with a combination of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs, the dose of corticosteroids may eventually be lowered. Some studies suggest that immunosuppressive drugs may enhance the effectiveness of corticosteroids.

4) Infliximab (Remicade). This drug is the first of a group of medications that blocks the body’s inflammation response. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for the treatment of moderate to severe Crohn’s disease that does not respond to standard therapies (mesalamine substances, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents) and for the treatment of open, draining fistulas. Infliximab, the first treatment approved specifically for Crohn’s disease is an anti-TNF substance. Additional research will need to be done in order to fully understand the range of treatments Remicade may offer to help people with Crohn’s disease.

Hope this helps narrow down your theories… cheers!

@Dr_C I appreciate your response. Interestingly, many of the medicines you named for chrons are used for reproductive tract as well. Have they isolated specific baterias they are treating, when treating these chrons patients or are they just hitting with medications that have worked in the past, or are broad enough spectrum that maybe there is some luck involved? I have seen information that many female chrons pts have vaginal and vulvar involvement, that is interesting to me too.

What else do you put up your nose? Maybe it is that germy finger?

@galileogirl I don’t have a sinus problem.

Ah! Denial.

@galileogirl I have other problems :).